Citizens for Environmental Planning Today and Tomorrow Records
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Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Citizens for Environmental Planning Today and Tomorrow (CEPT), a group of Baltimore County residents focused on development issues related to the Chestnut Ridge-Greenspring Valley area of the County, between 1975 and 1984. Materials are mainly textual and include minutes, correspondence, environmental statements, business manuals and directories, engineering design standards for housing and traffic.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1984
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Historical Note
Citizens for Environmental Planning Today and Tomorrow (CEPT) was an unincorporated organization of residents, taxpayers, and citizen groups of Baltimore County, organized to promote environmentally and economically sound development of the Chestnut Ridge-Greenspring Valley region of Baltimore County, Maryland throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
During the 1970s, the group was lead by Lane K. Berk, and focused on safe development in Chestnut Ridge and environmental impacts including water resource safety and well contamination.
[Information for this historical note was gathered from a 1976 Baltimore Sun article and previous collection description]
Extent
5.00 Linear Feet (5 containers)
Arrangement
Collection is arranged as an inventory.
Custodial History
The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore by Citizens for Environmental Planning Today and Tomorrow [date unknown].
Source
Subject
- Baltimore County (Md.). Planning Board (Organization)
- Citizens for Environmental Planning Today & Tomorrow (Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Citizens for Environmental Planning Today and Tomorrow Records
- Author
- Finding aid created by Special Collections and Archives staff. Revised by Aiden Faust (2011). Revised by Laura Bell (May 2020).
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository
H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, Room 104
1415 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore Maryland 21201 USA
410-837-4253
specialcollections@ubalt.edu